After taking Carthage in the course of the Third Punic War, he decided to return to Sicily the wealth that had been taken from it as a result of repeated pillaging by the Carthaginians.
Tras apoderarse de Cartago en el curso de la tercera guerra púnica, decidió devolver a Sicilia la riqueza de la que los cartagineses se habían apoderado a consecuencia del continuo saqueo.